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Tornado Watch 149
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WW0149 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Very Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Very Low

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   SEL9
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 149
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   600 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN GEORGIA
          WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 600 AM UNTIL
   100 PM EDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
   CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MACON
   GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
   
   REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
   TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
   AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
   THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
   AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
   WATCH NUMBER 147. WATCH NUMBER 147 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
   600 AM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 148...
   
   DISCUSSION...SATELLITE AND VWP DATA SHOW AN UPR LVL IMPULSE ENTERING
   MIDDLE TN ATTM...ROUNDING BASE OF SLOWLY-PROGRESSIVE IL UPR LOW. 
   ASCENT DOWNSTREAM OF THIS FEATURE...COUPLED WITH INCREASINGLY MOIST
   LOW-LVL INFLOW UP THE SAVANNAH RVR VLY AND GA/SC CSTL PLN...MAY
   SUPPORT SUSTENANCE OF EXISTING TSTMS MOVING INTO/ACROSS WW
   AREA...AND/OR SUPPORT NEW DEVELOPMENT.  COUPLED WITH STRENGTH AND
   CHARACTER OF WIND FIELD...AND EVENTUAL ONSET OF DAYTIME HEATING...
   SETUP MAY YIELD A FEW SUPERCELLS POSING A THREAT FOR TORNADOES...
   ADDITION TO LOCALLY DMGG WIND.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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